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Reminds me of when I am admitting someone to the floor. I ask if they have a hx of heart disease. A common response is "My husband had a quadruple bypass last year". Or asking if there is a family hx of same my pt once told me that her daughter-in-law had migraines. I have a theory as to why.

Writing from Singapore. Isn't there some kind of national registry for physicians to report confirmed ADRs (not those "I had diarrhoea when I took augmentin" nonsense) to? Then the patient gets a card stating the offending agents? Seeing as there are so many morons amongst us, this is probably the safest system.

ha! I'm allergic to aspirin and ibuprofen. Like my lips swell then my throat swells. Fun times. Had a doc argue with me that wasn't a bad thing and to take them anyway. My neuro told me to never go see him again. lol. It goes both ways...

My favorite:Do you have any medical history we should no about?No... not really, but I am a diabetic. And often as the day goes on they seem to recall more and more of their non-existent medical history.

Anon- I am rolling on the ground under my desk laughing about the adopting thing. My sister and I were adopted at different times (as infants) and we look nothing alike. When I had my 1st baby, my Dad was stuck in the other hospital down the street with a quintuple bi-pass, so my sister took pictures of the baby and took a laptop to him so he could see them. He looked at my girl, with all that blond hair, and said "blond hair? Look at all that blond hair. Rothase and her husband have brown hair." He looks up at my sister and says, "well, you have blond hair, that must be where she got it."

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